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Near- campus parking cheaper Student tells of studying overseas

Melissa Beall, senior nursing major, spent her summer earn-ing college credit and cultural experiences in France, Germany and Switzerland.

“We traveled everyday seeing so many cities,” Beall said. “I met students and nurses seeing how health care differs under other global health care policies.”

Beall was one of more than 50 student volunteers who told students at Thursday’s study abroad fair about the different study abroad programs available through the University’s Center for Internal Programs.

Study Abroad Director Rebecca Laumann said study-ing overseas can be the most rewarding experience of a stu-dent’s college education and gives students an edge in the job market.

“Employers will know the student has good cross-cultural skills, will adapt easily to chang-es and has a global perspective on issues,” she said.

Beall’s summer experience with the Global Perspectives in Nursing study abroad program exposed her to how health care is practiced in other countries.

“This class allows our stu-dents to compare U.S. health care and policies with what exists in France, Germany and Switzerland,” Laumann said. “It is important for future lead-ers in health care to know about different ways of provid-ing health care as well as to be familiar with international health policies.”

The trip consisted of three nights in Paris visiting French emergency rooms and trauma centers, two nights in Geneva, Switzerland visiting the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, five nights in Strasbourg, France

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Many students have to face the day-to-day task of searching for one of a limited number of general permit parking spots on campus.

For students who are exhaust-ed of that drive throughout cam-pus, there are alternatives for parking adjacent to campus with University-affiliated religious groups and fraternities at cheap-er prices than Parking Services offers for garages and priority access lots.

The Baptist Collegiate Ministry, located at 469 Patterson St., offers limited parking for a one-time fee.

“Plans for permits are made a semester ahead,” Ben Zawacki, international relations major and former employee of the ministry, said. “Most people have to be put on a waiting list.”

According to Zawacki, the ministry’s parking lot is not University property, but it does have a staff representative from the University. No money from the permits, which are $125 per year, is given to the University.

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Management information systems senior Zach Roberts, 22, said “parking lots are crazy and streets are backed up.” He parks in an off-campus lot instead of on campus because it is cheaper.

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Increased admissions standards, Pell Grant limits may be cause, offi cial says

Though the University of Memphis topped enrollment with more than 22,000 students for the third consecutive year, the num-ber of students enrolled for the fall is lower than fall of last year.

In fall 2011 there were 22,725 students according to the University’s enrollment monitor. According to a Thursday press release, there are 22,365 students enrolled for fall 2012, approxi-

mately 360 fewer than the previ-ous year.

Gary Dondhart, director of institutional research at the U of M said the numbers in the press release have not gone through a “cleanup” process yet, though it does look like there will be fewer undergraduate and graduate stu-dents enrolled, according to pre-liminary numbers.

“Here’s how the process works. We do a snapshot of the data 14 days into the term and then we do a cleanup process that takes at

least a week if not a little bit more and that should be completed by next Tuesday,” he said. “And those are ‘quote’ the official numbers that go to (the Tennessee Board of Regents).”

The numbers given to TBR will be passed to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

“These are preliminary num-bers and what happens during the process of enrolling, enroll-ments are up and down, up and down until you get to that official capture date,” he said. “These are

numbers from one point in time prior to the capture date.”

The official capture date, or data snapshot, for the numbers was Sept. 7, Dondhart said.

The University is in the process of looking at anomalies in the data that could be entry errors.

“For instance, someone may be entered as a masters student in a certain program and that major doesn’t match the program that they’re in and so we have edits,” he said. “We have computer pro-

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grams that run against the data and checks for these anomalies. And when we find one — we don’t make any changes (in this office) — we send it out to the data stew-ards such as the registrar’s office, admissions office or the graduate office.”

Those offices, Dondhart said, are responsible for entering data and fixing mistakes.

After the changes are made, a second capture of numbers is taken to see if the anomalies have gone away.

U of M enrollment increased seven percent in Fall 2009 with approximately 21,700 students enrolled – 1,300 more than the school had the year before.

Betty Huff, vice president of enrollment services, said enroll-ment is down for every Tennessee four-year institution and every community college.

“Last year we had a very large increase over the year before. So, if you look at it over a long period of time, that differential is not quite as great,” she said. “That’s both undergraduate and graduate.”

Huff said the decreased enroll-ment could be due to changes made to federal financial aid.

Students, she said, are limited to the amount of Pell Grant money they can receive.

“There was always a limit on the Pell, but we had some ability to look at special circumstances and could extend that limit for stu-dents,” she said. “Effective May of this year, we are no longer able to do that. It’s an absolute. It’s in the hand of the federal government.”

Forty-five percent of students at the U of M receive Pell Grants, Huff said. Seventy-eight percent of students receive Pell Grants and loans.

Pell Grants are need based. However, any students can receive a loan.

“There’s also an impact in the loan limits and the acception to the loan limits,” she said. “That also has been taken at a much more stringent level. Some of the programs that were available to graduate students over the last two years have changed.”

Another cause for the decreased enrollment may be the University’s increased admission standards. Officials now pay closer atten-tion to ACT reading and English scores. If students scored a 15 or below on these sections, they were not admitted unless they had a proven disability.

Huff said Tennessee began bas-ing funding for universities on student outcome instead of enroll-ment last year.

Outcome-based funding factors in not only the number of students that graduate from schools but also the number of students that com-plete 24, 48 and 72 semester hours in good standing, and recruitment, among other necessities. n

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Opinion

Editorial: Convenience has costsI moved

into Graduate S t u d e n t and Family Housing this semester for convenience. I would stay only a couple

miles from campus and it

would be much easier to focus on my studies when not surround-ed by my sister’s six screaming children.

So when I toured GSFH and heard about all the perks, it was a logical move. Free shuttle that runs right outside my apartment.

Free water. Free washer and dryer access. Free cable. Free Wi-Fi. Why not?

So I applied and was accepted. I was told that if I chose to move in then I needed to accept my offer online, and that once I did, I couldn’t renege on my commit-ment without forfeiting $1,400 in rent. Fair enough.

I moved in after I returned from a summer abroad in Germany. To my surprise, I was billed $2,800 by Residence Life.

Students are billed for first and last month’s rent, regardless. Because I had surplus monies, they took what was owed to them.

I called over to ResLife yes-terday and Supervisor Glenda Barton told me one of the perks of living in GSFH is that it’s like

other residence halls in that my rent “could be added to my stu-dent account” and financial aid can be applied to rent so that I “wouldn’t have to worry about making payments every month.”

What was billed as a conve-nience and a perk has ended up being a pain in my ass. I would have been better off paying my rent on a monthly basis rather than sacrificing food and elec-tricity for convenience.

I was told there was a shut-tle that would run outside my house, but it stops running about 30-45 minutes early most nights. I assume this is because the grey loop sees about 18 students per shift.

The free washer and dryer are only accessible during office

hours. So, while most graduate students and families are busy and have indefinable schedules, they must make their way to the GSFH office and sign in between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. to wash their clothes.

The free Wi-Fi was a pain to negotiate with the new Safe Connect system implemented by the Information Technology Division.

Beginning next semester, stu-dents in GSFH will be billed to park at their homes as well. So while most people are spoiled with the luxury of being able to look outside their door and see their car, graduate students and families living on the Park Avenue campus will know just how much that costs — $38

extra every semester, plus $20 per month for any non-student spouse or child living in your home.

That means those families who can’t find the money will be walk-ing their groceries from an adja-cent lot, which is about half a mile down the street. It doesn’t matter that my daughter is in a soccer carpool; she’ll be catching that ride from the other side of the gate.

Someone has to pay for the parking lot and the new gate and the security officer. And while Parking Services may have fronted that cost, it will soon fall on the residents.

Convenience — though dis-guised with freebies — has its costs. n

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SolutionsHonors enrollment increases

Despite the decrease in enroll-ment, the number of students in the 39-year-old Helen Hardin Honors Program has increased, with 1,848 students enrolled.

“Our goal every year is to have 10 percent of undergrads in hon-ors,” Colton Cockrum, assistant director of the honor program, said. “We’re well over 10 percent.”

Students can be admitted to the honors program as incoming freshman with a 27 on the ACT and a 3.5 grade point average or after completing their first semester as an undergrad with a 3.25 grade point average. n

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Memphians appreciate, analyze Architecture Month

Architects and non-architects alike will have an opportunity to learn

about architecture’s role in society

in the form of a group of events known as Architecture Month.

For the next two weeks, the A m e r i c a n Institute of Architects for

Memphis wi l l

showcase the best they have to offer with a series of programs and events.

Heather Koury, executive director for AIA Memphis, said the idea for Architecture Month stemmed from a board conversation about public aware-ness that led to an interest in designing buildings for the public.

“Since the first Architecture Month in 2004, the general reaction from the public has been very positive,” she said. “The advantage is that there’s a lecture or seminar for everyone.”

Part of the AIA’s mission, accord-ing to Koury, is to serve as an advo-cate for livable, sustainable communi-ties and promote architecture and the profession.

James Williamson, associate archi-tecture professor, said architecture plays a much more important role than peo-ple realize.

“People wander around without analyzing their environment,” he said. “We spend so much time in buildings that have a lot to do with everything we

do, from what we feel and think, to the conversations we have.”

Williamson said architecture works as a symbol of letting people know who they are.

“Architecture is not mainly about style and beauty,” he said. “It’s about learning to understand the way people live their lives.”

David Minion, former adjunct architecture instructor, said a month-long trip to Africa was all it took for him to get into architecture.

“When I saw that the stairs and doorways weren’t up to code and the buildings weren’t accessible for the dis-abled, I realized how important simple architectural code requirements are for everyone,” he said.

Minion said that teaching students the most up-to-date computer design software techniques was only part of his concern.

“Students who excelled were viewed as immediate assets to firms looking for employees,” he said.

Koury said architecture is a “critical component” of Memphis.

“In order to have a diverse city, all aspects of the community need to be represented by community advocates,” she said.

Koury added that she hopes that no matter what event people go to, they walk away with a deeper appreciation for the environment.

“I also hope people actually take time out to stop and appreciate every-thing the environment has to offer,” she said.

Events, free and open to the public, include a sketching tour on Saturday, a tour of the Riverwalk on Tuesday, and two cocktail parties on Wednesday and Sept. 26.

Additional events include three $30 interior design lectures on Sunday, Sept. 23 and Sept. 30 with a $10 discount for University of Memphis students who show their IDs, an architecture tour for $40 and a design auction program at the end of the month for $35. n

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National

Chicago teachers strike comes amid changing views on unionsBy Franco Ordonez & William DouglasMCT

WASHINGTON — The teachers strike in Chicago this week could be a bruising battle on the picket line and in the school of public opinion.

The job protections and benefits packages enjoyed by public-sector union members have started to breed resentment among some Americans who have lost their jobs, seen reduced benefits packages or suffered pay cuts — sometimes multiple ones — during the economic recession.

Support for unions hit its peak in the 1950s, when 75 percent of Americans said they approved of labor unions. Only about one in five Americans now say they trust unions, according to a Gallup Poll conducted in August. The poll didn’t differentiate between pub-lic-sector and private-sector unions, but the waning labor support gives politicians like Chicago Mayor Rahm

Emanuel greater backing to confront public employees in the name of fiscal responsibility.

Chicago teachers are striking about a reform package that includes teacher evaluations, job security and merit pay. While the strike was not rever-berating politically at the moment, it could, if only because any unexpected news event so close to the Nov. 6 elec-tions is going to be scrutinized, said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute in Connecticut.

“It gets the whole issue of managing government and collective bargaining back into the picture,” Brown said.

Federal labor statistics show that median wages have risen for both pri-vate and public workers. Still, a Chicago public schools teacher makes on aver-age more than the average private-sec-tor worker in Chicago, according to Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics data. It’s difficult to compare wages for different industries, but there is

little doubt that public-sector workers enjoy benefits that remain the envy of private workers, said Gary Chaison, a labor professor at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. Politicians until recently turned to unions of teachers and firefighters and asked for their endorsement. But the unions’ influence is plummeting.

“Now the endorsement is the kiss of death,” Chaison said.

It’s very difficult to lay off a public unionized teacher, for example. Public-sector employees also often pay less into their pension plans and health care benefits, which are then covered in part by taxpayers.

Drops in union membership have only fueled the cycle of decline. Labor unions’ primary source of income is membership dues. Less money can be spent on organizing as fewer people pay dues.

Private-sector union membership in 2011 equaled a record low of 6.9 percent set the year before. Public-

sector union membership is stronger at 37 percent, but experts say public employees like the Chicago teachers are facing increasing pressure to make concessions as public sentiment shifts.

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker revealed the weaknesses of organized labor’s once mighty clout this past spring when he withstood a union-led recall effort after he rolled back collective bargaining rights for state employees. His 7 percentage point victory in the recall sent a message to politicians that you can be confronta-tional with union workers and still be re-elected.

Unions also lost critical votes in California when voters in San Jose and San Diego passed ballot measures this summer that will cut retirement ben-efits for city workers.

It hasn’t all been bad for public-sector union workers. In November, Ohio voters overturned a state law that had limited collective bargaining by public employees.

Still, Alison Omens, an AFL-CIO spokeswoman, acknowledged that unions have been in the political cross-hairs, and public opinion of them has been in decline. But she also pointed out that in today’s bad economic envi-ronment, public opinion of Congress, Wall Street and other institutions also have taken hits.

“We [unions] haven’t done a good job in explaining what unions are and what they do,” Omens said. “And the right wing has invested a ton of money

in telling the story of the ‘big, bad unions doing bad things.’ And that has taken its toll.”

Labor unions were not among the biggest contributors to federal cam-paigns. Through July 2012, unions gave $69.5 million to candidates for federal office. Among different sectors of the economy, unions ranked 10th, well behind first place finance, insurance and real estate at $372 million.

The National Education Association has been the most gen-erous, contributing $6.8 million, fol-lowed by the Service Employees International Union, $5 million; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, $4.2 mil-lion; and the American Federation of Teachers, $3.4 million.

Nearly nine of every 10 dollars con-tributed by unions went to Democrats. So far this cycle, union “soft” or “out-side” funds, generally offered through the organizations known as super PACs, have given $27.2 million, nearly double what they gave in the entire 2008 presidential cycle.

The Chicago teachers strike is a vivid reminder of how public unions can be easily vilified — and used against Democrats.

Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided on unions: 74 percent of Democrats approve of unions, 48 per-cent of independents approve of them, and only 31 percent of Republicans approve of them, according to the Gallup poll. n

mission trips,” he said.Priority parking access for

University garages and gated park-ing lots costs $90 per semester. Parking Services also offers the option to purchase “evening only access” to enter the lots after 4 p.m. for $38 per semester.

The Jewish student center, Hillel of Memphis, located one block away from Patterson Street at 3851 Midland Ave., offers access to their parking lot for $50 per semester.

“It’s a nice lot, and you can just come in and sign up,” Director Sherry Weinblatt said.

The funds from permit sales are designated for the center and its activities.

“It’s just a center where Jewish

students can study and hang out. There’s no politics involved,” she said.

David Nabors, member of the Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity, said the group offers parking for students also, but at a cheaper rate than Hillel and the Baptist Collegiate Ministry.

“We charge $25. Our lot is closed now because we sold too many permits,” Nabors said. “It benefits students since they won’t have to get tickets for parking on the street.”

Nabors, who is a sophomore hospitality and resort management major, said the funds his fraternity receives from parking permits are used for philanthropic purposes.

“Money doesn’t really go back to the University. We donate it to the Muscular Dystrophy Association,” he said. n

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Where would you like to study abroad and why?

By Jonathan JenkinsTigers’ Ta es

“I would like to go to Aliconte, in Spain, because the girl told me it’s going to be a very nice environment and has the sense of com-munity.”

Nairam Simoes,Music performance senior

“I’d like to study in England, because I’m an English major and that would be kind of cool.”

Jordan Bacon,English freshman

“I would say France, because to learn a little bit more of the language, to hear them speaking — it’s a romantic language — [and] to taste the good food too.”

Melissa McGee,Education junior

“I want to go somewhere in Asia. I want to see the Great Wall of China and I was always fascinated with their music.”

Ray Ruffin,Engineering junior

“I want to go to Germany, because I’ve been studying German for five years, and I’ve always wanted to go. ”

David LeVine,Engineering sophomore

visiting the Albert Schweitzer Museum and participating in a variety of tourist activities and one night in Heidelberg, Germany visiting the German Pharmacy Museum and the University Hospital of Freiburg Center of Nursing Education.

While getting a sense for what publicly funded health care sys-tems are like in Europe, under-graduate juniors, seniors and graduate students earn three credit hours in an upper division nursing class.

Beall said she noticed a dis-tinct difference between privately funded health care, like what is practiced in the U.S. and the pub-licly funded health care she saw in Europe.

“In Europe it is state provided, not a business, so there’s no drive or competition,” she said.

She said the program is an eye-opening experience to how health

care policy affects the nursing profession.

“I would recommend it because it is important that we acknowl-edge that our health care system is not the only way — not that it is better or worse, but how the

status of nurses is affected by it,” Beall said.

The cost of the program is $3,000 including lodging, some

meals, tourist activities, inland transportation and a student ID card. The cost does not cover round-trip airfare, some meals, passport costs and medical insurance.

Study Abroad Advisor Jonathan Holland said the ques-tions he hears the most have to do with handling the cost of a study abroad trip.

“They ask, ‘Are there scholar-ships, and can we use financial aid?’ and the answer to both of those is, ‘Yes,’” he said. “Another question we get is, ‘Do you have this or that major?’ and the answer is mostly ‘Yes, even for majors you wouldn’t expect like engineering.’”

For students who are inter-ested in studying abroad in the spring, Holland suggests getting the application process started as soon as possible.

“Go to our website, find a pro-gram and make an appointment with a [study abroad] advisor to fill out the application process,” he said. n

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Kiva Tabor, 25, Hospitality resort management sophomore, and Matthew Thornton, 22, politi-cal science senior, promote the Palazzi, Italy Study Abroad program to students at the fair on Thursday.

Study Abroad Deadline

Spring: Oct. 1Summer, fall: March 1For more information visit the study abroad website at www.memphis.edu/abroad

iPhone 5 announced

SAN FRANCISCO — The iPhone 5 is finally here. After months of ram-pant rumors and hype, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook debuted the com-pany’s latest smartphone Wednesday in front of a packed house at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, claiming it is the world’s thinnest.

The iPhone 5 features a larger screen and weighs 112 grams, or about 4 ounc-es, which is 20 percent lighter than the iPhone 4S. It is also 18 percent thinner, Apple said.

It has an improved A6 processor that is twice as fast as its predecessor, high-speed 4G LTE connectivity and a widescreen aspect ratio. The launch of

the new iPhone will mean huge sales for the Cupertino, Calif. tech giant.

Since the original iPhone debuted in 2007, Apple has sold more than 244 million units and has been credited with upending the smartphone industry. Analysts estimate the iPhone has a gross margin of about 50 percent, making it an extremely profitable device for the world’s most valuable company. Nearly two-thirds of Apple’s profits come from the iPhone.

With sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S and earlier models dropping off in recent months, analysts believe there is huge pent-up demand for the iPhone 5. Many have predicted that Apple could sell up to 10 million iPhones in the first 10 days, and up to 50 million in the holiday quarter.

By Andrea ChangMCT

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A daunting out-of-conference schedule comes to a close this weekend with a pair of home games for the University of Memphis women’s soccer team.

First up for the Tigers (2-3-0) is the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (1-5-2) tonight at 7 p.m. The Redhawks have struggled in all facets of the game, averaging 0.38 goals per game (gpg) along with a .043 shot percentage and 8.6 shots per game (spg).

“We haven’t really looked at the other teams,” senior defender Bailey Pembroke said. “This week we’ve been focusing on our game and bouncing back from the loss to LSU.”

To the Redhawks’ credit, they have also faced a tough early sea-son schedule, with losses coming to powerhouses such as Louisville, Kentucky, and Nebraska. Southeast Missouri State uses a two-man rotation at the goalkeeper posi-tion, with Ashton Auburchon (2.24 goals-against average) and Renee Kertz (1.13 goals-against average). The Tigers average 2.0 gpg and look to take advantage of a suspect Redhawks’ defense.

Rounding out the non-confer-ence schedule, Memphis takes on the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (5-2-0) Sunday at 1 p.m. For the season, MTSU averages 3.71 gpg and 18.0 spg. Memphis won the last meeting between the two teams on Sept. 18, 2005 by a score of 5-1. The Tigers lead the all-time series 2-1.

Pembroke said the team is still working on getting where they need to be before the Conference USA schedule begins.

“We are working on a few issues we have as a team,” Pembroke said. “We have the same if not more tal-ent this year than we did last year. It’s just about getting everyone on the same page.”

Though the Blue Raiders have scored at will in most of their

matches, the Tigers are set to slow down MTSU’s offensive attack. Since 2007, Memphis has compiled an 83-4-5 record when allowing one or fewer goals. Adding to that, the Tigers sport a 67-3-2 record in the past four seasons when scoring three or more goals.

With this weekend’s games being the last two before opening

up conference play, head coach Brooks Monaghan said it is crucial that his team comes out and grabs the wins to carry momentum into the conference slate.

“It is massive,” Monaghan said. “We are doing a lot of good things right now. We aren’t pleased with the results, but we are doing a lot of good things. We just have to put

together a full 90 minutes.”Both games will be played at

the Mike Rose Soccer Complex. Tonight’s match against Southeast Missouri State starts a six-game home stand for the Tigers. C-USA play begins next Friday when Memphis faces off against the University of Central Florida Knights. n

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The University of Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team will receive a new playing court to begin the 2013 season and their first year in the Big East.

The announcement follows news of the Memphis Grizzlies’ new $200,000 court, which was installed a few days ago for the upcoming season. Both courts are being provided by Cincinnati-based Robbins Sports Surfaces, which does courts for most NBA and college teams around the country.

Funding for the courts came from the capital fund that finances maintenance at the FedEx Forum.

Eric Granger, vice president of arena operations for the Grizzlies, said the Tigers’ new court would not be installed until next season so fresh paint can be placed on it for the transition to the Big East. Plans for the court are now set in stone, but manufacturing on it will not start until next year.

The old courts could possibly land at a local high school or col-lege in need of another court. The average span of a basketball court is 10 years, so the new ones are right on schedule.

Fans will have a chance to wit-ness the Grizzlies’ new court for themselves Oct. 6, the first pre-season game against Real Madrid. n

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It has not been an ideal start to the 2012 season, but head coach Justin Fuente and his Tigers continue to improve day-to-day. Saturday against the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders, Fuente and his players aim to get over the hump, and get the season’s first win.

“(The players) showed up and went to work,” Fuente said. “I feel like the (Arkansas State game) hurt some of them, which is a good thing. When you become more invested in something, and it doesn’t go right, it hurts more.”

The Tigers’ (0-2) main focus in Saturday’s showdown at the Liberty Bowl will be to stop the Blue Raiders’ (1-1) rushing attack, led by Drayton Calhoun (131 yards) and Jordan Parker (161 yards). Each is averaging 6.0 yards per carry.

Under center is quarterback Logan Kilgore, who has passed for 418 yards through two games for an average of 209.0 yards per game. His favorite target is wide receiver Anthony Amos. Amos has caught 12 balls for 172 yards (14.3 yards per catch), which is 41 percent of Kilgore’s passing yards.

Fuente and his staff under-stand that the Blue Raiders’ offense provides a tough matchup for the Tigers’ defense.

“They’ve basically been a tale of two offenses,” Fuente said. “The first week they threw the ball, and this last week I believe, if I’m not mistaken, they had two

rushers over 100 yards. They’ve got some explosive playmakers.”

Memphis’ defense will have to tighten up after allowing Arkansas State to rack up 619 yards on 97 plays in last Saturday’s 33-28 loss.

Defensively, the Blue Raiders are led by linebacker Roderic Blunt (20 tackles) and safe-ty Jajuan Harley (19 tackles). MTSU’s defense allows 403.0 ypg to go along with 197.0 rushing

ypg. “Defensively, they have played

pretty well,” Fuente said. “They have some well-respected coach-es in this business over there. They’ll be a very well-coached,

disciplined, tough football team.”Junior quarterback Jacob

Karam improved his completion percentage drastically last week after hitting only 12-28 passes in week one versus UT-Martin. Fuente said his decision-making has kept the Tigers in games thus far, and he does not expect that to change against the Blue Raiders.

“In the first two games, he has given us a chance to be in the game by not turning the ball over and not being a product of delay of game penalties and those sorts of operational pro-cedures,” Fuente said. “I think you’ll continue to see him prog-ress throughout the season to become a more efficient quarter-back. He’s getting better.”

The future meetings between the two in-state foes are up in the air, as the current contract expires after the game in 2014 and the Tigers move on to the Big East. MTSU won last year’s meet-ing 38-31 Murfreesboro. Whether or not the two continue the series in the future, Fuente and his play-ers are ready for the task at hand.

“We’re looking forward to our game on Saturday,” Fuente said. “We’re looking forward to play-ing at home this week in front of our fans.”

The players and coaches will walk the Tiger Walk at around 3:40 p.m. with kickoff set for 6 p.m. n

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